FROM: Junichi Takada General Manager, Media & Publicity Department, THE (JRA) DATE: May 17, 2020 SUBJECT: RESULTS OF THE 15TH (G1) In accordance with the restructuring of JRA racing program for fillies/mares executed in the 2006 season, the Victoria Mile was established to give the older fillies/mares a stage to prove their ability among their own sex, in addition to the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, which had been the only G1 reserved for older fillies/mares. While the Queen Elizabeth is run over 2,200 meters and held in mid-November, the Victoria Mile is held in spring and provides female milers a chance to claim a G1 title without having a tough competition in a mixed field. The race, however, attracts not only fillies/mares suited to the mile distance but also outstanding runners from the middle-long distance group. Past victors include two-time Horse of the Year winner (JPN, by Tanino Gimlet; ’09), 2010 Horse of the Year (JPN, by Special Week; ’10) and 2010 fillies’ Triple Crown winner (JPN, by ; ’11). Meanwhile, both (JPN, by ) and (JPN, by ) claimed consecutive Victoria Mile titles in 2013-14 and 2015-16, respectively. The top three finishers will earn automatic starting positions in the French G1 Prix Jacques le Marois (1,600m) where not only will they be exempted from paying registration fee but will be given a total of €20,000 as a transportation subsidy. The race also joined the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series this year, enabling its winner to earn automatic starting position in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1, 1,900m). Defending champion came off a 15th in her first sprint start, the (G1, 1,200m; Mar.29) while 2018 Horse of the Year and last year’s (Japanese Oaks, G1, 2,400m) victor commenced their 2020 season with this race instead of the Dubai World Cup meeting, which was cancelled due to COVID-19. Sound Chiara registered her third consecutive graded title in the main prep for the Victoria Mile, the Hanshin Himba Stakes (G2, 1,600m; Apr.11), where Scarlet Color, Dimension, Beach Samba and 2018 Best Two-Year-Old Filly were among the top five, finishing behind the winner in this order. The field also included Contra Check, 2019 Turquoise Stakes (G3, 1,600m) winner, who finished 16th in the Nakayama Himba Stakes (G3, 1,800m; Mar.14), and last year’s runner-up Primo Scene who came off a fifth in the Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (G3, 1,600m; Apr.4).

THE 15TH VICTORIA MILE (G1) 4-year-olds & up, Fillies & Mares, 1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs), turf, left-handed Sunday, May 17, 2020 11th Race Post time: 15:40 Total prize money: ¥ 226,800,000 (about US$ 2,100,000 ) 4-y-o & up: 55kg (about 121 lbs), 1kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2016 Course Record: 1:30.5 Race Record: 1:30.5 [Normcore (JPN, by Harbinger), 2019] Safety factor: 18 runners Going: Firm Weather: Fine S&A Sire Owner Horse Odds Margin FP BK PP Color Dam Breeder Jockey Wgt (Fav) (L3F) (Dam’s Sire) Trainer M5 Silk Racing Co., Ltd. Almond Eye (JPN) 1.4 1:30.6 1 6 12 b. Fusaichi Pandora Northern Racing 55.0 (1) (32.9) () Sakae Kunieda M5 Deep Impact Yuichi Masuda Sound Chiara (JPN) 12.9 4 2 8 18 b. Sound Barrier Yuichi Masuda Kohei Matsuyama 55.0 (4) (33.8) (Agnes Digital) Akio Adachi M5 Harbinger Seiichi Iketani Normcore (JPN) 17.4 Neck 3 8 16 g. Chronologist Northern Racing Norihiro Yokoyama 55.0 (5) (33.2) () Kiyoshi Hagiwara M5 Lord Kanaloa Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd. Trois Etoiles (JPN) 123.8 1/2 4 7 13 b. Secondo Piatto Shadai Farm Kosei Miura 55.0 (12) (34.7) (Heart's Cry) Takayuki Yasuda F4 Deep Impact Danox Co., Ltd. Danon Fantasy (JPN) 18.4 1/2 5 4 7 b. Life For Sale Northern Racing Yuga Kawada 55.0 (6) (33.5) (Not For Sale) Mitsumasa Nakauchida F4 Daiwa Major S.Morinaka Shigeru Pink Dia (JPN) 100.6 3/4 6 2 4 d.b. Moonlight Bay Amaba Bokujo Ryuji Wada 55.0 (11) (33.2) (High Chaparral) Kunihiko Watanabe F4 Deep Impact DMM Dream Club Co., Ltd. Loves Only You (JPN) 9.5 1 7 1 1 b. Loves Only Me Northern Farm Mirco Demuro 55.0 (3) (33.5) () Yoshito Yahagi M5 Deep Impact Silk Racing Co., Ltd. Primo Scene (JPN) 7.5 1-1/4 8 3 5 br. Mosheen Northern Racing Damian Lane 55.0 (2) (33.4) (Fastnet Rock) Tetsuya Kimura F4 Kurofune Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd. Beach Samba (JPN) 38.1 Neck 9 1 2 d.b. Fusaichi Airedale Northern Racing Yuichi Fukunaga 55.0 (9) (33.4) (Sunday Silence) Yasuo Tomomichi F4 Heart's Cry Three H Racing Co., Ltd. Shadow Diva (JPN) 86.0 1-1/2 10 2 3 d.b. Diamond Diva Northern Racing Kenichi Ikezoe 55.0 (10) (33.4) (Dansili) Makoto Saito M5 Deep Impact Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. Arusha (JPN) 288.4 1/2 11 7 15 g. Zazu Northern Racing Hiroshi Kitamura 55.0 (15) (33.2) (Tapit) M5 Deep Impact Takaya Shimakawa Tosen Bless (JPN) 223.0 Nose 12 3 6 d.b. Bloomin' Bar Yukihiro Moroe Takuya Ono 55.0 (13) (33.3) (Falbrav) Yukihiro Kato M5 Deep Impact Satomi Horse Company Co., Ltd. Satono Garnet (JPN) 293.1 Neck 13 6 11 d.b. Beatrix Kiddo Oiwake Farm Yutaka Yoshida 55.0 (16) (33.5) (Victory Note) Yoshito Yahagi F4 Deep Impact U. Carrot Farm Contra Check (JPN) 31.9 Head 14 8 17 d.b. Rich Dancer Northern Racing 55.0 (8) (35.4) (Halling) Kazuo Fujisawa M5 Victoire Pisa Koji Maeda Scarlet Color (JPN) 21.0 2-1/2 15 7 14 b. Ventus North Hills Co,. Ltd. Shu Ishibashi 55.0 (7) (34.5) (War Emblem) Ryo Takahashi M5 Lord Kanaloa Suzuko Ota Megere Su (JPN) 280.0 3 16 5 10 b. Asian Winds Ms Suzuko Ota Yoshitsugu Okada 55.0 (14) (35.6) (Fuji Kiseki) Hideaki Fujiwara M6 Deep Impact Hiroo Race Dimension (JPN) 4 8 b. Scratched Miss Pemberley PANGLOSS Y.K. Toshihiro Hirosaki et al. Daisaku Matsuda 55.0 (Montjeu) Hideaki Fujiwara F4 Orfevre Teruya Yoshida Therapeia (JPN) 5 9 g. Scratched Laragh Shadai Farm Hironobu Tanabe 55.0 (Tapit) Kenichi Fujioka

FP: Final Position / BK: Bracket Number / PP: Post Position / S&A: Sex & Age / Wgt: Weight (kg) / L3F: Time of Last 3 Furlongs (600m) Color: b.=bay / bl.=black / br.=brown / ch.=chestnut / d.b.=dark bay / d.ch.=dark chestnut / g.=gray / w.=white NOTE 1: No Foreign Contenders NOTE 2: Figures quoted under Odds are shown in form of decimal odds (single unit is ¥100), and Fav indicates the order of favorites.

Turnover for the Race alone: ¥ 15,902,841,300 Turnover for the Day: ¥ 24,862,607,600

Pay-off (for ¥100) Win No.12 ¥ 140 Bracket Quinella 6-8 ¥ 390 Quinella 12-18 ¥ 750 No.12 ¥ 110 12-18 ¥ 390 Exacta 12-18 ¥ 950 Place No.18 ¥ 220 Quinella Place 12-16 ¥ 530 Trio 12-16-18 ¥ 2,960 No.16 ¥ 300 16-18 ¥ 1,530 Trifecta 12-18-16 ¥ 7,340

Winner= 12 starts, 9 wins, 1 second, 1 third / Added money: ¥ 108,822,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 1,406,633,900

Almond Eye Claims This Year’s Victoria Mile to Register Record-Tying 7th G1 Title Overwhelming race favorite Almond Eye claimed this year’s Victoria Mile in 1:30.6, only 0.1 second off the track record. This race was her first start after returning from the UAE for the intended start in the Dubai Turf to defend her title. Capturing the fillies’ Triple Crown—the (Japanese 1000 Guineas, 1,600m), the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks, 2,400m) and the (2,000m)—and the title in her three- year-old season, and the Dubai Turf (1,800m) and the (Autumn) (2,000m) last year, this win marks her record-tying 7th turf G1 title along with Symboli Rudolf, T.M. Opera O, Deep Impact, Vodka, and Kitasan Black. Trainer Sakae Kunieda claimed his 17th JRA-G1 title following last year’s Tenno Sho (Autumn), which he won with this horse, and jockey Christophe Lemaire won his memorable 30th JRA-G1 title following his Tenno Sho (Spring) victory with two weeks earlier.

Five-year-old Almond Eye broke smoothly and settled in good position around sixth from the pacesetter, Trois Etoiles, who set a rapid pace. Chasing Sound Chiara through most of the trip, the Lord Kanaloa mare edged forward turning the corners, entered the lane fourth from the front and dislodged an admiringly powerful drive through the homestretch, easily overtaking the front horses by the 200-meter pole and further accelerating for a four-length victory.

“I think she’s matured well, as she was relaxed from the paddock to the start of the race. I was able to position her in good position behind Sound Chiara and race her in her own rhythm without getting any pressure from the outside. She felt good during the race and displayed her powerful strides at the end. She’s a legend horse and will surely win more G1 races going forward,” commented jockey Christophe Lemaire.

Fourth pick Sound Chiara also broke well from the outermost stall and traveled in third rounding the corners. Though overtaken by Almond Eye 300 meters out, the Deep Impact mare ran tenaciously in the lane, nailing Trois Etoiles in the last 100 meters and holding off the fast-closing Normcore before the wire for second place.

Breaking slowly from stall 16, defending champion Normcore traveled in mid-division, around 6-7th from the front, and displayed an impressive turn of speed that timed the second fastest in the last three furlongs to cross the wire in third, just a neck behind the runner-up.

Other Horses: 4th: (13) Trois Etoiles—set pace, showed tenacity after being passed by winner, weakened in last 100m 5th: (7) Danon Fantasy—keen to go early, took economic trip in 6th, lacked needed kick 6th: (4) Shigeru Pink Dia—ran behind winner around 8th, responded well but was too late 7th: (1) Loves Only You—saved ground around 8th, boxed in at top of stretch, even paced 8th: (5) Primo Scene—sat 3-wide around 8th, dropped position before final corner, showed belated charge 9th: (2) Beach Samba—saved ground in 13th, struggled to find clear path, quickened in last 200m 10th: (3) Shadow Diva—settled in 12th, switched to outside at early stretch, passed tired rivals 11th: (15) Arusha—trailed in rear, improved position in last 200m 12th: (6) Tosen Bless—was off a bit slow, hugged rails near rear, never a threat 13th: (11) Satono Garnet—raced in 14th, circled wide, unable to reach contention 14th: (17) Contra Check—tracked pacesetter in 2nd, outrun after 300m out 15th: (14) Scarlet Color—ran 4-wide around 8th, showed little and dropped back at stretch 16th: (10) Megere Su—traveled around 4th near winner, faded after 400m pole Scratched: (8) Dimension—due to lameness in her right foreleg Scratched: (9) Therapeia—due to phlegmon in her right foreleg

Fractional time (sec./furlong): 12.0 - 10.9 - 11.3 - 11.4 - 11.1 - 11.2 - 11.1 - 11.6 Last 4 furlongs: 45.0 Last 3 furlongs: 33.9

Positions at each corner: 3rd corner 13-17,18(10,12)7,16(1,4,5,14)3,2,11(6,15) 4th corner 13-17-18(10,12)(7,16)(1,4,14)(2,5)3,11(6,15) NOTE 1: Underlined bold number indicates the winning horse. NOTE 2: Horse numbers are indicated in the order of their positions at each corner, with the first position listed first. Two or more horses inside the same parentheses indicate that they were positioned side by side. Hyphens between the horse numbers indicate that there is distance between the former and the latter. The asterisk indicates a slight lead.